MONTICELLO — Drew Stanton went 4-for-5 with three RBIs in the opener, while Cesar Abreu and Cole Fergus picked up two hits apiece, while Fergus picked up four hits and Stanton and James Sharp added three in the nightcap as the No. 22 Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys (22-7, 10-2 Great American Conference) finished off a three-game sweep of the University of Arkansas at Monticello Boll Weevils, winning the doubleheader opener 12-3 and the finale 14-8 on Saturday at Weevil Field.

In the opener, Danny Parker improved to 4-1 on the season after scattering ten hits in 5.0 innings of work, fanning five. Zach Skelton tossed three scoreless innings in relief while Ryan Swinney pitched a perfect ninth. UAM left 13 runners on base in the contest.

After being set down in order in the first inning, the Wonder Boys would score early and often in the second. UAM’s Kenny Marshall walked the first three batters he faced in the top of the second, and Stanton smashed a bases-clearing double to give Tech an early 3-0 lead.

After UAM cut the Tech lead to 3-1 in the bottom of the second, Tech scored a run on an error in the third, pushing the Wonder Boys’ lead back to three. Abreu and Jonathan Finnegan added RBI singles, and Fergus added a two-run single to push the Tech lead to 8-1 after four.

Abreu’s RBI single in the fifth gave Tech a 9-1 lead, but UAM added a pair of runs in the bottom of the frame to cut its deficit to 9-3. However, Fergus stole home in the sixth to push the UAM lead to 10-3, and the Wonder Boys added another run on an error that inning to push ahead 11-3.

Zac Johnson was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the seventh to score the game’s final run.

The hits kept coming for the Wonder Boys in game number two. Fergus plated the game’s first run with an RBI single in the top of the first, while Finnegan used a sacrifice fly and Stanton drew a bases-loaded walk to put the Wonder Boys ahead 3-0 before the Boll Weevils’ first plate appearance. Tech tacked on two more runs in the second on an RBI single by Thomas Biocic and a sacrifice fly by Scott Sammons, giving the Wonder Boys a 5-0 lead.

Sammons’ RBI double in the fourth pushed Tech’s lead to 6-0, and then Stanton smashed a solo homer to lead off the fifth and give Arkansas Tech a 7-0 lead.

However, the Boll Weevils would not go down without a fight, plating six runs on five hits in the bottom of the fifth to pull UAM to within 7-6. A passed ball in the bottom of the sixth tied the game at 7-7 going into the seventh and final inning, but the Wonder Boys used a big inning of their own to reclaim the advantage.

An RBI single by Fergus put Tech back on top, while Biocic turned in a two-run double, Stanton and Kenny Spencer would add RBI singles, and Spencer would later score on an error. When the dust settled, the Wonder Boys had scored seven runs on six hits and taken advantage of two UAM errors to pull ahead 14-7.

UAM scored a run in the bottom of the seventh but would get no closer as the Wonder Boys held on for the victory.

Boone Weiss picked up the win in relief, after allowing two runs, one earned, on three hits in 2.0 innings of work.

The Wonder Boys will return to action on Monday and Tuesday with a pair of nonconference road games, traveling to Hattiesburg, Miss. to play William Carey on Monday and Livingston, Ala. to play West Alabama on Tuesday.

The first two innings of game one were scoreless. In the bottom of the third the Golden Suns would score the first run of the game. Nail singled up the middle. Black doubled to left field as Nail ran to home plate.

In the fifth inning, the Rangers tied up the game after an RBI double from Sandoval. Black responded with a sacrifice fly to center field to bring home Nail. The Golden Suns kept the 2-1 lead until the end of the game.

Sophomore Victoria Huie (7-8) took the win after pitching 7.0 innings and throwing four strikeouts.

In the nightcap, the game was scoreless until the bottom of the fourth when Gomez blasted a homer over left center. This was her tenth home run on the season. Gomez’s run would be the only run of the game. Both teams had two hits with Arkansas Tech having one run.

Senior Rachel Keeton took the win after pitching 7.0 innings and throwing two strikeouts. The Golden Suns will play against Southwestern Oklahoma in Weatherford March 22 and 23. Friday’s doubleheader will begin at 2 p.m. with Saturday’s doubleheader starting at noon.

Mathis makes game winning play

CLARKSVILLE — The Lady Eagles only senior came through with a clutch single in the bottom of the eighth to push Ozarks past Louisiana College 2-1 in game one of Saturday’s American Southwest Conference double-header.

Senior outfielder Ali Mathis laced the game-winning hit with two outs and the bases loaded to send Ozarks (9-11, 2-6 ASC) to its second win over Louisiana College (11-4, 5-3 ASC) in as many days. Amber Rollins drew a walk to put Ozarks first runner on base in the eighth and Heather Roberts followed with a double to put a pair of runners in scoring position.

With two outs, Miah Williams drew another walk to load the bases for Mathis. The left-handed Mathis, who is hitting .458, promptly delivered a clutch single to left centerfield for the Lady Eagles.

Ozarks nearly won the game the previous inning, but couldn’t scratch across a run with the bases loaded. With one out, Louisiana College starter Leslie Eastman recorded back-to-back strikeouts to end the frame. The Lady Eagles stranded 13 runners in the contest. Tori Lemieux drove in the other run for Ozarks with a single in the fifth, which tied the game.

Mathis, Williams and Lemieux each finished 3-for-3 in the game.

Amber Rollins (7-3) received the win in an eight-hit complete game.

Ozarks dropped game two 10-2 in six innings after Louisiana College turned a 3-0 lead into a 7-0 advantage by scoring four runs in the fourth inning. Roberts roped a single through the left side of the infield to score one run in the bottom of the fourth.

Whitney Price (1-5) took the loss for Ozarks.

Arel Ferguson posted a 2-for-3 effort at the plate for the Lady Eagles.

Ozarks will travel to Clinton, Mississippi, to face Mississippi College in a four-game series March 22-23.